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A panel of Weil Gotshal lawyers will discuss the heightened scrutiny and new legal challenges to executive compensation so that you can better understand how to avoid a potential crisis and develop compensation plans that align with shareholders values. (12:45PM EST) WHAT YOU WILL LEARN The panel will examine the impact of the latest court decisions, how to avoid compensation and severance crises, how corporations are reacting to the latest shareholder activities, new “say on pay” proposals and new SEC disclosure requirements. The panel will also discuss the distinction between poor practices and best practices and how to develop management and employee incentives that do not encourage outsized risk taking. TOPICS DISCUSSED * court decisions: historically, and in recent years * how compensation and severance decisions transform themselves into corporate crises * the latest institutional shareholder activities, new "say on pay" proposals, new SEC disclosure requirements, and how corporations are reacting * "best practices," the pay practices that have become "poor practices" * whether incentive compensation can provide management and employee incentives that do not encourage risk taking beyond an organization's ability to effectively identify and manage risk